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The name iBUYPOWER has always made me think of infomercials, a time share companies, or the latest in legal pyramid schemes.

iBUYPOWER is a horrible, terrible, no good name for a computer company. Why dismiss a product because of its name? Because it shows bad judgement from those who run the firm. With so many other choices out there, why go with them?

iBUYPOWER's corporate name actively sells me against their product, no matter its merits.Reply

I read a good post about this awhile so. They aren't trying to get us to click it, they are trying to trick Google into thinking their links are good since they are linked through the respected and popular Anandtech... Even if it's only comment spamReply

I was just looking at the pricing and thought integrated graphics for 999? An i3-4130 and integrated graphics for $1000? That's an insane markup. The Asrock system is $550 anyone can buy separately. All you need is to add CPU, hard drive, and RAM and you're good to go. So essentially you're paying ~$300 of the $1k for them to build it and give some tech support if you need it. Reply

I did the math already, in the closing paragraph. The $999 system is about a $100 markup -- the i3-4130 is $130, another $70 or so for the RAM, and $70 for the 1TB HDD. Now all you have to do is add another $100 for the OS, which most people probably forget. That works out to roughly $920, or $80 less than the prebuilt.Reply

Looking at the photos on Newegg, it looks like the case is pretty much designed around blower-based coolers because there's a metal plate that runs parallel to where the video card goes on the PCI-E riser board.Reply

Hence, the statement: "no doubt the 'BMW-designed' chassis is as much about marketing as it is about quality." I've removed BMW from the title for you, but obviously the iBUYPOWER site has the mention still so I'll leave it in the main article.Reply

Just do yourself a favor. STAY AWAY from this company. Yes they look good. But when it breaks and it WILL. All they do is give you the run around. They have had my system for over 2 months trying to fix the garbage they sell. Worse company out there for support. DONT BUY Reply